What Comes Next

Hi there darlins

So, let me give you a quick sense of my schedule for the next few days. This is relevant because a) I'm going to be doing something super fun over the weekend and I want to share, and b) it affects the posting of the first chapter of Soothsayer.

This weekend my man and I are going to knife camp in the mountains. Martial Blades Concepts camp, actually, but that's just a fancy way of saying we're going to be playing with edged weapons for three days. Look at my attendance gift!

Ooh, neck knife, so pretty!

I say playing...it's a self-defense system based on the idea that you're carrying and know how to effectively use a tactical folding knife, and also works on empty-hand defenses against a knife-wielding attacker. I've always wanted to get more comfortable with knife work since it's such a practical weapon, and this stuff is very cool and very practical, so. Off to the mountains, where we'll be car-camping (most people are staying at the nearby resort--wusses) until Monday morning. Then we rush back to Boulder and I go to work.

The problem here is that I'll have very little writing time this weekend, and as a result the first chapter of Soothsayer may be delayed to Tuesday afternoon, or possibly Thursday if I'm not feeling it. It's going to be a fairly long chapter, and I want to have the time to do it right. Just an fyi.

Also, and this is a change from my normal MO, it's possible that once I'm done with Soothsayer I'll want to submit it to a press if it's good enough. My science fiction stories I plan to self-publish someday and will always have a free version up here, but this one might end up in the hands of a third-party publisher, which means I might have to remove the content at some point. The story will still be free to follow while I post it here, and stay that way until if/when I get a contract, so don't worry about that, I'm not going to leave you hanging, I just have to go full-speed ahead with this whole "be an actual full-time writer and give up your day job" thing, and this could be a part of that. I've got to try, at least.

Have a wonderful weekend, guys!

New Release and Recent Good Times!

First things first, Episode 5 of my serial story Cambion is available now!

You can find the story here: Cambion: Dark Around The Edges.

Episode Five is titled Possession and follows up on Devon's...well, here, let me just give you the blurb: 

With the demon Cressidus in the wind with Devon in tow, Rio and Steven are left with only the dying Porter Grey as their only link to their whereabouts. And time is quickly running out, as Cressidus is putting his final pieces on the board, leaving Devon in a fight for his life.

 This is the next to last episode, folks.  The story should conclude (for a given value of conclude, I'll wrap up most of the loose ends but I do have a follow-up in the works) in August.  I've loved writing it, I love the characters...I'm just full of love.  BTW, people who subscribed get an extra story with the last episode as well as some custom artwork, so.  There's my pitch.

Okay, next.  Total E-Bound is doing a promotion for their summer collections today,including Titania's Court, of which my latest story Summer's Child is a part.  Go and check them out, you could win free ebooks! Here's the link: Titania's Court.

Now the good times!  I got to meet Kevin Hearne, author of the Iron Druid urban fantasy series, when he came through Denver signing books and generally being awesome.  My man and I brought him beer.  It's a thing...anyway, read the books if you have any interest in urban fantasy, he's one of the few authors to front a male main character and the books are hilarious.  And there's a talking dog.  :)  He's here: http://kevinhearne.com/.

Last thing, I swear!  I'm going to spend all weekend in a full contact self defense seminar, yay!  Twelve hours a day of large men in even larger body armor provoking adrenal responses in me and then learning to respond appropriately while in an adrenalized state!  Should be fun.  I hope all of you have an equally enjoyable weekend.

Happy Friday!